'Us' in the Bible

Since many have attempted to compile an account concerning the events that have been fulfilled among us,

just as those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning passed on to us,

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all those who hate us,

the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us

because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,

And it happened that when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to say to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us!"

And [when they] saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!"

"Ha! {Leave us alone}, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us."

And fear seized [them] all, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has visited to help his people!"

And [when] the men came to him, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you, saying, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'"

Now it happened that on one of the days both he and his disciples got into a boat, and he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they set sail,

And it happened that as they were going away from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good [for] us to be here. And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah," not knowing what he was saying.

And John answered [and] said, "Master, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow in company with us."

Now [when] the disciples James and John saw [it], they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"

And it happened that while he was in a certain place praying, when he stopped a certain one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

Give us each day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation."

And one of the legal experts answered [and] said to him, "Teacher, [when you] say these [things], you insult us also!"

And Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or also for everyone?"

when once the master of the house has gotten up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock [on] the door, saying, 'Lord, open [the door] for us!' And he will answer [and] say to you, 'I do not know where you are from!'

And bring the fattened calf--kill [it] and let us eat [and] celebrate,

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

And they raised [their] voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

and said, saying to him, "Tell us, by what authority you are doing these [things], or who is the one who gave you this authority?

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced [that] John was a prophet."

But [when] the tenant farmers saw him, they began to reason with one another, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will become ours!'

Is it permitted [for] us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone's brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

And he sent Peter and John, saying, "Go [and] prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat [it].

So they said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare [it]?"

saying, "If you are the Christ, tell us!" But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will never believe,

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding [us] to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying [he] himself is Christ, a king!"

But neither [did] Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death {has been done} by him.

But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!"

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'

And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself--and us!"

But also some women from among us astonished us, who were at the tomb early in the morning,

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."

And they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because it is [getting] toward evening, and by this time the day is far spent." And he went in to stay with them.

And they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?"